How much of a difference overclocking makes and the little i5 who could.

[Eternity Nova]

So i have a i5 6600K running a 4.6GHZ and a EVGA gtx 1070FTW running a 2037MHz
My brother-in-law has a i7 6850K running at standard stock speed and a MSI GTX 1070 also running a stock speeds

So my brother in law got his new setup last week and I told him to run so benchmarks and tell me what he gets.

I was shocked when he came back and scored only a 6024 on timespy. I send him back a screen shot of my setup hitting 6114 in time spy.

even though he has more 6 cores and 12 thread and quad channel memory he scored lower than me. It just shows you how much you can get from your hardware if you overclock

 

[bythecantloads]

What voltages are you running at that 4.6? Can't get mine above 4.2.

 

[Eternity Nova]

im running 4.6Ghz at 1.312V

Edit: dont go over 1.4

 

[zaney27]

What voltages are you running at that 4.6? Can't get mine above 4.2.

Cooling

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[Valdo8]

Surprised that your CPU can push enough physics to boost combined score,must be your GPU clocks giving you the edge.

 

[dash09]

How much of an improvement does this overclock give you in actual gameplay?
I ask because I've always owned k processors but never once oc'd, because I dont how to

 

[Eternity Nova]

How much of an improvement does this overclock give you in actual gameplay?
I ask because I've always owned k processors but never once oc'd, because I dont how to

its about a 10 fps increase at least depending the game it can be much more

In far cry 4 its almost a 30 fps increase crysis 3 is 20 fps

 

[dash09]

its about a 10 fps increase at least depending the game it can be much more

In far cry 4 its almost a 30 fps increase crysis 3 is 20 fps

So definitely worth it for games that are more reliant on the cpu. 1 day when I'm big I'll give this a try

 

[Eternity Nova]

So definitely worth it for games that are more reliant on the cpu. 1 day when I'm big I'll give this a try

its not that hard just make sure your motherboard and cpu can overclock z series board and k series cpu and make sure you have adequate cooling like a cooler master 212x or somthing like that

 

[Shad.O]

I was running mine at 4.5Ghz on 1.32v if i remember correctly under water with a 45degree max on gaming load so may be the cpu/mobo combination or just luck of the chip

 

[Eternity Nova]

I was running mine at 4.5Ghz on 1.32v if i remember correctly under water with a 45degree max on gaming load so may be the cpu/mobo combination or just luck of the chip

i have searched online and mine seems to be a bit of a lucky chip and im not not even on water

 

[Cornelg]

What temps are you hitting under load with the 212? I've got mine running 4.6 as well with liquid cooling, max temp on benching has been 69 degrees

 

[Eternity Nova]

Last time I check is stays below 65 during game

 

[Sola Scriptura]

Last time I check is stays below 65 during game

did you stress test your cpu to chek for stability?

 

[Eternity Nova]

Yes it's been running like that for almost 3 years. It use to run at lower voltage and blue screen in dota then I changed the voltage to what it stands on now 1.312. And haven't had any problems since and that was atleast 2 years ago

 

[bythecantloads]

im running 4.6Ghz at 1.312V

Edit: dont go over 1.4

Will see where I can get it. Any other settings I should change?

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Running a Kraken X52, so that shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Eternity Nova]

Do a bit of research and see what other people have achieved with the processor model

 

[Cornelg]

Will see where I can get it. Any other settings I should change?

I just let the Board handle the voltages and just changed the multiplier. I found when I changed it manually, even at 1.35V it would crash. Now with the board handling it, I don't think I've ever seen it above 1.33 That being said all CPUs react differently to voltages, best would be to play around with I suppose

 

[souljazk]

So i have a i5 6600K running a 4.6GHZ and a EVGA gtx 1070FTW running a 2037MHz
My brother-in-law has a i7 6850K running at standard stock speed and a MSI GTX 1070 also running a stock speeds

So my brother in law got his new setup last week and I told him to run so benchmarks and tell me what he gets.

I was shocked when he came back and scored only a 6024 on timespy. I send him back a screen shot of my setup hitting 6114 in time spy.

even though he has more 6 cores and 12 thread and quad channel memory he scored lower than me. It just shows you how much you can get from your hardware if you overclock

Yes and no.

I recon TS wont properly use the extra hardware he has CPU & RAM channel wise. Also what RAM speed do each of you have? I'm not too familiar with TS but is a ~2% increase really hard to get? You'll see a game lie Ashes of the Singularity will do much better on his PC as its CPU heavy , even if your CPU is OC'ed and he is at stock.

 

[bythecantloads]

Yep, my board is currently doing a stable 4.2ghz with everything on auto. Maybe I just have a bum chip.

 

[Eternity Nova]

whats cpu do you have?

 

[bythecantloads]

whats cpu do you have?

6600k and it is running on a MSI Z170a Gaming M5.

 

[Eternity Nova]

make sure that you dont have any auto overclock settings on

 

[Oops!!!]

you can really compare, its not apples vs apples.

Synthetic benchmarks love high clock speeds and its not surprising your machine beats his stock machine.

 

[Eternity Nova]

you can really compare, its not apples vs apples.

Synthetic benchmarks love high clock speeds and its not surprising your machine beats his stock machine.

yes but most games dont care about more than 4 cores a 12 thread cpu should in theory show better results in a synthetic benchmarks than in an actual game

 

[Sola Scriptura]

you can really compare, its not apples vs apples.

Synthetic benchmarks love high clock speeds and its not surprising your machine beats his stock machine.

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[Shad.O]

6600k and it is running on a MSI Z170a Gaming M5.

Running this exact setup and getting the 4.5Ghz i mentioned. Will have a look this evening and take pics of my exact settings as i did tinker with more than just the multiplier

 

[souljazk]

Yep, my board is currently doing a stable 4.2ghz with everything on auto. Maybe I just have a bum chip.

What board & PSU do you have?

 

[souljazk]

yes but most games dont care about more than 4 cores a 12 thread cpu should in theory show better results in a synthetic benchmarks than in an actual game

No not at all man. There are MANY factors to take into account. Clock his CPU & GPU to what yours is at and run some games and synthetics. Games that favour the CPU will do better on his has his CPU has more (and assumedly faster) cache all round. This means even @ equal Ghz, with cores disabled on his CPU to make is as = to yours as possible, it will still edge out, as more cache = more possible oomph per clock, if the software is able to do so, and do so properly.

 

[Oops!!!]

yes but most games dont care about more than 4 cores a 12 thread cpu should in theory show better results in a synthetic benchmarks than in an actual game

Timespy CPU scores has very little weight in your final score.

Not sure why anyone's surprised that properly overclocked 1070 beats a stock 1070 on very similar performance clock for clock CPU's